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Ferraro: Obama Camp Crying Racism Again

Posted Mar 12, 08 5:10 AM CDT in Politics 

(Newser) – Despite charges of racism from the Barack Obama camp, former vice presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro yesterday refused to back off earlier comments  that the candidate is enjoying a campaign advantage because of his race. "Every time that campaign is upset about something, they call it racist,” snipped Ferrro. “I will not be discriminated against because I’m white. If they think they’re going to shut up Geraldine Ferraro with that kind of stuff, they don’t know me."

The Obama campaign went on the attack over Ferraro's statement last week that Obama "would not be in this position" if he were a white man or a "woman of any color." Clinton, who spent yesterday campaigning in Pennsylvania, has distanced herself from Ferraro's remarks. 

Source New York Times

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Former Democratic vice presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro address an annual Ultimate Women's Power Lunch for U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., in Chicago, Friday, May 4, 2007. Ferraro's recent remarks...   (Associated Press)
Former Democratic vice presidential candidate and former New York Rep. Geraldine Ferarro is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington in this June 21, 2001 file photo. on Tuesday, March 11, 2008, Ferraro, a...   (Associated Press)
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., speaks to the overflow crowd after his campaign event at Jackson State University in Jackson, Miss., Monday, March 10, 2008. Obama's campaign...   (Associated Press)
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